#the cube falsettos

[trinalvrs]

the cube is my favourite set design EVER it represents the family and its complicated pieces and how hard it is to put it back together after being pulled apart. they only start to use real props after whizzer gets ill, showing the reality of his illness. in falsettoland reprise the cube is rebuilt but they use one of the pieces at whizzer’s tombstone, basically saying that the family will never be complete without him.

[human837]

Why I love the big grey cube

The cube starts very uniform and rather out of place as it seems just I bit odd to the audience.

But as it gets ripped apart it becomes clear to the audience how it is just a collection if blocks that are used by the characters to play pretend.

This shows Marvin's attempt to control everyone by viewing life as a game and trying to get everyone to play along to his delusional view on life.

After Meldal is engaged to Trina, he tries to draw her out of the fictional world Marvin has created by physically moving Marvin's blocks and fighting with him in 'a tight-knit family reprise'

As trina breaks free from Marvin's childish world, more props are introduced on stage to signal her newfound freedom from him. She gets to move into her new life with Meldal, and u see them decorate their house together (which is incredibly sweet).

The second act starts with a set made from the cubes arranged in a dolls House like formation as if Marvin will continue living in him fauls reality.

But Marvin himself tears down the formation just before 'its about time' to show how he's developed and is awhere that he can't live life as if its a game.

In the second act it is clear that all the characters are living in reality instead of playing Marvin's pretend both due to the important topics Charrlotte is trying to fight for and the increased use of props spread out across the stage.

(I love their little house plant collection)

When Whizzer gets ill, the set completely shifts to be highly realistic with no use of the grey blocks at all. This shows how Marvin can't ignore things anymore and has to face Whizzers health.

RLDR: The set is amazing. I love it so much!

[enjamin-the-benitor]

beginning of Falsettos: haha okay funny musical

end of Falsettos: ow ow owie ow no ow

[themidnightwitch44]

Yes yes, everyone talks about the set design for the Falsettos revival, and I love it, and I’ll talk about the cube at a later point probably, but I’ve been trying to wrap my hand around the COSTUME DESIGN

Specifically the COLORS

And I think I’ve got a PIECE of it

It’s something I noticed during “This had better come to a stop”

Specifically around the line “He wasn’t very smart but he was rich, Marvin, which Marvin would you prefer I lust for”

Whizzer is in predominantly blue, and Trina in warm and yellow tones. Marvin is in green. Marvin is LITERALLY a combination of Whizzer’s and Trina’s color palettes, as he’s trying to figure out how to juggle both parts of his life

[chimeofthecomet]

a little different of a drawing tonight heres a painted thing :]

anyways watch falsettos

[average-book-enjoyer]

reconnecting with myself (redyed my hair, watching falsettos again)

[ultimatecubetournament]

round 1 (side B):

Rubik's cube (real life) vs Cube stage props (falsettos)

rubik's cube:

i am a cuber and cubing has been the hobby keeping me sane

1) moveable. who doesn't want to mess with a cube, or solve it (restore order to the universe) 2) colourful. it can be so many colours!! red, yellow, white, blue, green, other secret colours I forgot to list out... 3) versatile. it can be 2x2 or 3x3 or 4x4 or ANYTHING if you're not a coward. which brings me to: 4) "know your enemy and know yourself, and you need not fear the results of a thousand battles." guess what? the rubik's cube can also be Not Cube! (scandalous) it can be tetrahedron! it can be dodecahedron! it can put your dnd dice to SHAME. yes thank you for listening vote rubik's cube please 🙏

cube stage props:

March March March of the falsettos

[1girlwithapurplescarf]

guys he liked my falsettos post is he the one

[orlandoooooooo]

All hail the Falsettos cube

[falsenettleland]

i love how in falsettos the characters move around the blocks from the cube, representing how the characters control the plot (initially), their immaturity, and the unimportance in their initial conflicts,

comparing that to when whizzer gets sick, which is when real furniture is introduced, specifically hospital furniture, representing the grave reality of the situation, how the characters cannot change what happens, and how they have to mature. in the hospital, they can act cheerful, and bring in flowers, food, and decorations, but they know where there are, and the fatality of whizzer’s illness because they (and us) reminded of that throughout the second half of act 2 by the changed set.

the cube also represents the tight-knit family. at the end, a central piece is taken out of the cube and used as whizzer’s headstone. the entire cube is together again, just like the characters are, but with a piece permanently missing. the cube being back like this shows that they can’t change the fact that Whizzer is dead, but “this is where [they can] take a stand”.

[selfabsorbed-selfdeceived]

attempting to make a mini version of the falsettos cube for a friend's gift. i have found zero guides or blueprints online breaking down each individual shape, so i now need to take it upon my myself to guess how it fits together by watching the proshot over and over. i have zero foam sculpting experience. i may be overly ambitious

[rychick]

this fucking thing just put me through so much mental anguish

[cubeispog]

YALL I GOT MY MOM TO WATCH FALSETTOS WITH ME! WE WIN!

[dead-flower-crown74]

Fully sobbing rn WHY DOES A CUBE AND A TIGHT KNIT FAMILY BREAK MY HEART

@projectbway  event 04 : free week   —  Falsettos

Good only knows too soon I’ll remember your faults Meanwhile, though it’s tears and schmalz

[shackledkitty]

falsettos themed wedding concept where everything is made out of grey cubes and a guy dressed like mavin comes in and starts kicking the shit out of everything and no one knows who he is and no one knows this is happening except the people getting married

[stellasettos]

in spirit of the season, i’ve thought to give my fellow, dearly beloved falsettos fans a series of less than conventional costumes. because what is falsettos & its fans if not unconventional.

•jason’s baseball uniform. you cannot wear this if you’re not going to pull your pants up to your waist.

• march of the falsettos attire. i’ll be sorely disappointed to see none of these.

•marvin’s tie.

•maybe the outfits of what a group of fours jews would wear (preferably you all are bitching).

•whatever a “banana carrot surprise” is.

•caroline.

•last but most certainly not least, The Cube.